§ 23. Dr. A. D. D. Broughtonasked the Minister of Health the average cost of a National Health Service prescription in each of the five years, 1948 to 1952.
§ Mr. CrookshankThe approximate average cost in England and Wales in the second half of 1948 was 2s. 8½d. In the years 1949 and 1950, it was 3s. and 3s. 2½d., respectively. Complete figures for 1951 are not yet available, but the average cost is estimated to be 3s. 8d. No figures are available for 1952.
§ 24. Dr. Broughtonasked the Minister of Health how many National Health Service prescriptions were dispensed in the month of January in the years 1949, 1950, 1951 and 1952, respectively.
§ Mr. CrookshankThe figures for England and Wales are 18,343,000; 19,892,000; 28,917,000 and 20,799,000, respectively.